[VRMMO] Dead One

After the ox man's were welcomed into the Purple Hyena base, they were brough to the meeting room where Blueberry and Shri were both present alongside ClownFrog.

"So… Should we start?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Yes." – said Abberia, chieftain of the ox man's.

"Before we start, I should thank you for dealing with the metal gorillas."

"With them gone, they will be in complete chaos and will be not able to pose any threat for a longer time."

"Don't worry. Besides, you were the ones that provided us with informations and even lead us to them. So, we are also grateful." – replied ClownFrog.

"Anyway, shall we get down to the business?"

"Is there something going on, considering that you, the leader of the ox man's had to get here personally?"

"…."

*Inhale* *Exhale*

"Well…Its complicated."

"I'm going to ask you this, are you really not servant of the empire or the "Rulers"?"

"No. As I explained before to your people, we are not working with the empire or the "Rulers". If anything, we are enemies with the empires and we are probably now with the "Ruler" who was supposable harassing you, since we straight up destroyed their metal gorillas."

"So, is the question you about to ask is something you can only ask if I and other are not working for somebody?" – asked ClownFrog.

"Yes."

"Well then, go ahead and ask your question."

"…."

"Is it possible…. Is it possible for us to work for you?"

"!?" – the statement of the ox man chieftain catched everybody off guard in the room.

"C-chieftain?!" – asked surprised A'gan.

"What are you saying?!" – asked another ox man.

"But we are- "

"Please…. Please shut up for moment." – said the chieftain.

"…."

"The…. The situation…. Fuck it. I need to explain the whole thing."

"As you know, this place that you people call the [Bloody Mountains] is a home to many different beings with many of them having an extremely violent nature."

"And the strongest beast and monsters here are referred as "Rulers"."

"This place is a land of war where monsters fight each other non-stop and the rulers try to slay and enslave one another."

"Our ox man tribe, the Mountain Will tribe was once serving the "Ruler" as well that was leading as our tribe and was our mightiest warrior. Bam."

"For a long time, our ox tribe lived and survived in these war lands and even slew some of the rulers with the guidance of our leader…. But as the time passed, more and more of these rulers ended up dying, resulting in the stronger ones being left behind."

"One of those "Rules" is a ruler that wasn't born and raised here, but instead came here…. A dragon covered in feathers."

"And our clan… Was its target."

"Our "Ruler" fought it, but died one sidedly."

"However, we were able to somewhat escape… But with massive loses."

"A lot of our warriors had died and our home was taken over, forcing us to run away and start from the scratch."

"However, our tribe was discovered again and we have been getting attacked again and again, resulting in many deaths or injuries while we lack enough supplies and weapons."

"Simple put, we are dying…. We are resisting thanks to our power, but we are dying."

"At this rate, we will become too exhausted to be even able properly defend ourselves and, in the end, we will be annihilated."

"…."

"So, you wish to join us in order to survive." – said ClownFrog.

"However, I don't get few things."

"We are enemies with empire and sooner or later we will be fighting them."

"Not only that, your people don't want to be forced to work for somebody, so I don't really get it."

"…."

"That… Black feathered dragon…. It also is an enemy of the empire."

"In fact, its aiming to destroy the whole empire and its trying to create an army to launch an attack on it."

"!"

"Wait, stop." – said ClownFrog.

"That dragon, is trying to destroy an entire empire?"

"So are we."

"We are also creating an army."

"…."

"But you are not like that thing." – said ox man.

"That…. That god dammed dragon wants only pure destruction."

"We saw what he does to those who fallows him, he destroys them along their enemies."

"Middles destruction."

"If any of us would try to fallow this self-destroying dragon, the only path forward for anybody is destruction."

"But you? You build this place and you have people. You aren't mindless beast like that thing and you even wanted to ignore us as long as we didn't get in your way."

"Not only that, but you also have farms, create an soldiers that will fight for you and you even treats your people with care."

"Honestly speaking, any other choice we would pick would result in our destruction and the only chance at surviving would be to join you."

"…"

"What about leaving this place? The Bloody Mountains?" - asked Shri.

"True. If you are scared of the ruler and don't want to be turned into an soldiers that only purpose is to die pointless death, then why don't you just run away?"

"We cannot." – replied ox man.

"We lived in these lands for many, many years."

"Not only that, our people are in bad shape. If we were to try to leave, then we would become an easy target and would get annihilated."

"We also know that the people outside this place are hostile to beings like us."

"In short, we are stuck and cannot leave."

"And the only way to survive is to pledge our alleges to the "Ruler", but that would result in our destruction no matter with one we chose, since that feathered dragon is on the rampage with its forces."

"In order worlds, if we don't join you, we will be forced to be slaves of another ruler and ultimately die for no reason."

"I will be blunt with you, I'm fine with picking an fight with empire, but our situation is that much dire to the point I'm willing to entrust my people lifes to powerful being that isn't one of those rulers."

"…."

"You do realize I maybe an same piece of shit as those mindless rulers, right?" – asked ClownFrog.

"How can you be so sure that as soon as you become part our forces, we won't use you the same the feathered dragons plans to do with you?"

"Then we die." – said the ox man chieftain.

"Like I said, we don't have options."

"And even if we don't take your or other rulers side, we will die."

"Honestly, I still don't trust you…. But I need to take this gamble in order to ensure my people survival."

"We can talk with each other face to face as well as the fact that you had made "Deal" with us without going back on your world, even though you could have killed our men that were your hostages or force them to lead them to us."

"Honestly, even though it was little, you have showed more mercy than those mindless beast that tries to enslave us."

"So, we have at least some chance with you."

"…"

"What about your people?" – asked ClownFrog.

"I can see from their reaction that they were not informed about any of this." – said ClownFrog while observing the ox man's.

"No. I didn't told anything regarding that to them."

"Then here is some questions."

"Will they fallow your lead?"

"Or can you even do that kind of decision on your own?"

"Well, I'm the chieftain, so I have some authority."

"There will be however some people against it, but with current situation we are in, even they will be unable to say anything besides "Yes"."

"…."

ClownFrog looked at Blueberry and Shri who did not responded or anything.

"…."

"Fine."

"I accept your deal." – said ClownFrog.

"?!"

"Wait! You mean it?!" – asked chieftain.

"Yea. Like I said before, we are trying to grow an army as well in here, but we want to take our time and make sure we are ready and well prepared."

"So I will have your people fight, but not now. I will have to recover them as well as protect them form that feathered dragon who is now our enemy after we destroyed their metal gorilla army."

"We will welcome you and your people as well as protect them while also helping them out in their recovery."

"However, in exchange I want your loyalty."

"But just so you know, once you become part of our forces, don't think about betraying us."

"Don't worry! We won't!" – said the chieftain while bowing his head to the ClownFrog alongside the other ox man's.

"…."

(I don't think those guys are lying.) – though ClownFrog.

(This guy…. He is visible tired and exhausted.)

(Not only that, but this guy straight up entrusted his people lifes mine and other use.)

(An act of pure desperation.)

(He is aware of my strength and is also aware of how developed our base is.)

(If he was working for ruler, then he would get instantly fucked the moment his people enter here.)

(Not only that, but Oron and GreyHunt are on the watch duty. Meaning that if any of them even tried to do anything, they would get fucked instantly since both of them can hide pretty well using their high tier skills and classes.)

(However, there was nothing…. Even from Rampage who is currently monster hunting, she didn't found any weird abnormalities that she needed to report yet expect for the metal gorillas chaotic reactions after losing their homes.)

(We will accept the ox man's, but obviously we will have not to trust them completely from get go.)

(Still, it would be great thing if they were really honest just how all of their actions so far had proven to be real.)

(If his story regarding the ox man's current state is that bad, then we will have to use a lot of resources to help them out.)

(But if that is the case, that means that those guys are even stronger than I though.)

(Hiding here is one thing, but you will definitely fight monsters nonstop, no matter how well hidden your base is.)

(And those bastards survived it all while being in that shitty conditions? There is also the fact that this place is one of the three great danger zones, but even so, they survived for that long.)

(Are these guys really that strong?)

(No.)

(If the entire story is real, then these guys are definitely THAT strong if not more.)

(And if so…. How strong would they be after getting fully recovery treatment and providing them with proper equipment and other necessary stuff?)

(Not only that, those guys posses an informations that we may need very badly.)

(If those guys are honest with us and truly wish to work for us, then we just had gained something extremely massive just now.)